Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

04 Feb 1972 - Steve Sparkman. Harlan, Kentucky.

04 Feb 1906 - Art Wooten. Born 'Arthur James Wooten' in Alleghany, North Carolina.

11 Feb 1960 - Junior Blankenship. Born at the old Grundy Hospital, Grundy, Va.

25 Feb 1927 - Ralph Stanley. Born 'Ralph Edmund Stanley' in Big Spraddle Creek, near Stratton, McClure, Virginia.

29 Feb 1932 - Jim Williams. Born 'James Lee Williams' in Wythe County, Virginia.


In Memoriam:

05 Feb 1980 - Chubby Anthony. Gainesville, Alachua, Florida.

08 Feb 2003 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Silver Spring, Montgomery County, Maryland.

08 Feb 1987 - Harold 'Red' Stanley. Fentress, Tennessee.


For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com


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Dewey Brown - Traditional Fiddle

(Dew Bug DB06-338) 2006


Traditional Fiddle

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The first of Dewey's two 'solo' CDs with the Clinch Mountain Boys, this album was recorded in 2006 at Maggard Studios in Big Stone Gap, Va.

Although mainly a fiddle album, Ralph is featured singing lead on Cotton Eyed Joe and tenor on Wings Of Angels; whilst Dewey sings lead on Ralph's Lost, I'll Never Find The Way and Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me.

Of the instrumentals, Katy Hill and Fire On The Mountain are both tackled at a frenetic pace, with the band locked into a tight musical groove, providing subtly varying backing, whilst the fiddle is played with gusto and precision. Dewey is obviously a master at 'old-time' fiddle, but equally is at home with the 'bluesy' slow waltzes (Lonesome Moonlight Waltz) and sweet western swing tunes (Bob Wills' version of Maiden's Prayer and Faded Love).

On Down Yonder and Bill Monroe's Lonesome Moonlight Waltz Dewey and James Alan Shelton mainly take turns playing breaks on fiddle and guitar. James is also featured with a mandolin break on I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way and, although Steve Sparkman is mainly confined to back-up, he does get occasional breaks on a few numbers (Cotton Eyed Joe, Lost, I'll Never Find The Way and Down Yonder).

Dewey may be a listenable although average singer, but boy can he saw that fiddle! As Ralph Stanley hollers during Cotton-Eyed Joe: "Go get 'er Dew Bug!"

  • Dewey Brown: fiddle, vocals
  • Jack Cooke: bass
  • James Alan Shelton: guitar, mandolin
  • Steve Sparkman: banjo
  • Nathan Stanley: mandolin
  • Dr. Ralph Stanley: vocal(*)

NB: (*) lead vocal on Cotton Eyed Joe and tenor on Wings Of Angels

 

Track:
Title:
Time:
Date:
Original Release:
A-1
Cotton Eyed Joe
01:58
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd Ld Vcl  
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
Dr. Ralph Stanley  
A-2
Katy Hill
01:39
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-3
Maiden's Prayer
02:43
2006
Traditional Fiddle

Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-4
Down Yonder
03:03
2006
Traditional Fiddle

L. Wolfe Gilbert
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-5
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
02:26
2006
Traditional Fiddle

C. Stanley
  Ld Vcl / Fid Tn Vcl / Bs Gtr, Mnd break Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-6
Lonesome Moonlight Waltz
03:27
2006
Traditional Fiddle

Bill Monroe
  Fid, Bs Gtr, Mnd Bjo        
  Dewey Brown
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
 
 
   
A-7
Lost John
01:49
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D. ?
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-8
Fire On The Mountain
01:40
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Ld Vcl / Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-9
Wings Of Angels
02:21
2006
Traditional Fiddle

Ruby Rakes
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd Ld Vcl  
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
Dr. Ralph Stanley  
A-10
Liberty
02:22
2006
Traditional Fiddle

John Dickinson
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-11
Faded Love
03:59
2006
Traditional Fiddle

Bob Wills
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-12
Sally Goodin
03:44
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D.
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-13
Heaven's Light Is Shining On Me
02:19
2006
Traditional Fiddle

P.D.?
  Ld Vcl / Fid Tn & Bt Vcl / Bs Bs Vcl / Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
A-14
Orange Blossom Special
02:07
2006
Traditional Fiddle

Ervin T. Rouse
  Fid Bs Gtr Bjo Mnd    
  Dewey Brown
Jack Cooke
James Alan Shelton
Steve Sparkman
Nathan Stanley
   
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover CD Tray CD Tray

For the Official Ralph Stanley II and the Clinch Mountain Boys site, visit:

Ralph II ralph2.com

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...And His Lonesome Pine Fiddle
(Melody MLP-17)


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